Update root README — checkpoint-9718 logged

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 **Epoch:** 0.266
 **Zone:** 📈 Good
 **Status:** Training ongoing — auto-uploaded via train_v12.py
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+### 🔵 Checkpoint — Step 9,718
+**Date:** June 25, 2026 at 21:33 IST
+**Checkpoint:** checkpoint-9718
+**Step:** 9,718 / 40,000 (24.3% complete)
+**Loss:** 0.2998
+**Epoch:** 0.284
+**Zone:** 📈 Good
+**Status:** Training ongoing — auto-uploaded via train_v12.py